42 U.S. Code § 12622 - Responsibilities of Department of Defense

Upon the establishment of the Program, the Secretary of Defense shall establish an office to provide for liaison between the Secretary and the National Civilian Community Corps.

(2) Duties

The office shall—

(A)in order to assist in the recruitment of personnel for appointment in the permanent cadre, make available to the Director information in the registry established by section
1143a of title
10; and

(B)provide other assistance in the coordination of Department of Defense activities with the Corps.

(b) Corps cadre

(1) List of recommended personnel

Upon the establishment of the Program, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the liaison office established under subsection (a) shall develop a list of individuals from which individuals may be selected for appointment by the Director in the permanent cadre of Corps personnel. Such personnel shall be selected from among members and former members of the Armed Forces referred to in section
12611(3)[1] of this title who are commissioned officers, noncommissioned officers, former commissioned officers, or former noncommissioned officers.

(2) Recommendations regarding grade and pay

The Secretary of Defense shall recommend to the Director an appropriate rate of pay for each person recommended for the cadre pursuant to this subsection.

(3) Contribution for retired member’s pay

If a listed individual receiving retired or retainer pay is appointed to a position in the cadre and the rate of pay for that individual is established at the amount equal to the difference between the active duty pay and allowances which that individual would receive if ordered to active duty and the amount of the individual’s retired or retainer pay, the Secretary of Defense shall pay, by transfer to the Corporation from amounts available for pay of active duty members of the Armed Forces, the amount equal to 50 percent of that individual’s rate of pay for service in the cadre.

(c) Facilities

Upon the establishment of the Program, the Secretary of Defense shall identify military installations and other facilities of the Department of Defense and, in consultation with the adjutant generals of the State National Guards, National Guard facilities that may be used, in whole or in part, by the National Civilian Community Corps for training or housing Corps members. The Secretary of Defense shall carry out this subsection in consultation with the liaison office established under subsection (a).

(d) Information regarding Corps

The Secretary of Defense may permit Armed Forces recruiters to inform potential applicants for the Corps regarding service in the Corps as an alternative to service in the Armed Forces.

Section
12611 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), was amended generally by Pub. L. 111–13, title I, § 1501,Apr. 21, 2009, 123 Stat. 1521, and section
12611(3) no longer relates to members and former members of the Armed Forces.

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section
12653k of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 103–82, § 104(b).

Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1512(a)(1)(A), inserted “National” before “Civilian Community Corps” in subpar. (A) and substituted “the registry established by section
1143a of title
10;” for “the registry established by section 4462 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993;” in subpar. (B)(i).

Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1512(a)(1)(B), substituted “from which individuals may be selected for appointment by the Director” for “to be recommended for appointment”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1512(a)(2), struck out subsec. (b). Text read as follows: “Upon the establishment of the Program, the Secretary of Labor shall identify and assist in establishing a system for the recruitment of persons to serve as members of the Civilian Community Corps. In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary of Labor may utilize the Employment Service Agency or the Office of Job Training.”

1994—Subsec. (a)(1)(B)(ii). Pub. L. 103–304, which directed the substitution of “section
1143a of title
10” for “section 4462 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993”, could not be executed because “section 4462 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993” did not appear in cl. (ii).